Tuesday, October 12, 2021 How at-home sleep tests can help diagnose sleep apnea in patients with stroke
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Dr. Mark Boulos explains more in this 'behind the research' feature
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Tuesday, October 12, 2021 New commentary in Nature Medicine explores placebo effects in clinical trials
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Dr. Matthew Burke explains what this means for the future of clinical trials
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Wednesday, September 15, 2021 Dr. Sandra Black recognized with national award for excellence in brain research
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Dr. Black has been awarded this year's Margolese National Brain Disorders Prize from the University of British Columbia
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Thursday, September 9, 2021 Major study finds convalescent plasma doesn’t help seriously ill COVID-19 patients
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The CONCOR-1 clinical trial stopped enrolment early in January 2021 after its independent data safety monitoring committee recommended the study was unlikely to demonstrate a benefit of convalescent plasma even if more patients were enrolled.
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Tuesday, September 7, 2021 Dr. Martin Yaffe named into The Royal Society of Canada
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Dr. Yaffe is a senior scientist in Physical Sciences and the Odette Cancer Research Program at Sunnybrook Research Institute
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